It’s The Friday Brief for September 25, 2026 Florida and Texas Are In Play Our Week In Hong Kong Xi Visits DC, and Trump Straps On the Kneepads Trump Beclowns Himself at the UN. Again The White House Media Ban Backfires The Pod Bros Forget About Trump The Furry Threat Trump TV Craps The Bed Shut Up About 2028. Please. Link in comments and bio.

Former utility lobbyist Mike Lawler is looking out for his Big Tech backers, and the proof is in the five data centers that have opened in Rockland County on his watch, with three more on the way. Mike has raked in hundreds of thousands from Big Tech, then voted to give these data center developers $80 billion in tax breaks and voted to ease restrictions on building data centers. Unlike Mike, I support a data center moratorium. In Congress, I’ll ensure these companies don't pass utility costs onto families, hurt our environment, or exploit our communities.

Anna Paulina Luna and Pete Hegseth are cut from the same cloth. They are both far more interested in getting on camera than getting anything done. Chip in to help me defeat Luna: secure.actblue.com/donate/gr…

Too Low To Poll, Too Proud To Quit xitter.mooo.com/i/broadcasts/1AGRnZEqa…

Florida can’t trust a corrupt former drug dealer who sold dope to children.

You were promised the Epstein files and no Iran war. How did that go?

The polls are in, and they're a bloodbath. Rick convenes the brain trust: Senior Advisor @matthewjdowd, Exec Dir @Tessa_Gould, Political Director Andrew Wilson, and special guest pollster @cornellbelcher to discuss. WATCH: piped.video/7ZPfRwKP1zQ

He's probably in London...

Putin: The war will continue until its root causes are eliminated. The root cause of the war:

.@CookPolitical is shifting FL-13 in our direction! The third ratings change this week in our favor. Our campaign’s momentum is undeniable.

The reckoning has arrived

Finns and Swedes, flying top-notch Western aircraft, in NATO, intercepting Russian jets. Good job, Putin. Best salesman NATO ever had.

Change is coming.

Trump and MarkWayne Mullin want to surround our polling places with armed men in masks. But we will not be made afraid to cast our votes. Read more from LP's lawyer @MarioNicolaiEsq : bit.ly/4hMmmDd

Some interesting big donors to Byron Donalds last week: - Big Sugar producer Florida Crystals ($205,000) - DeVos family ($1 million) - Disney (~$78,000 in free stuff) - NE Florida agricultural enclave developers: Davis family/DDI Inc., PARC Group & Hutson Cos. ($450,000)

I second this.

Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/tr…

Mike Rogers told Michiganders he was an assembly line autoworker who made Chrysler LeBarons. Turns out it was a complete lie. Shameful. michiganadvance.com/2026/09/…

🚨RATINGS CHANGE: The Cook Political Report just moved #FL22 from Lean R to TOSS UP. The momentum is real. Voters are ready for a leader who puts them first — someone who will fight to lower costs, protect health care and Social Security, and end the corruption in Washington. The work is just beginning. Now let’s go win this! 💪🏽

‘We are hemorrhaging’: Cracks emerge in GOP’s Florida firewall politi.co/3Vu9EjN via @politico

Wowza!